NOTE: This event does not seem to be scheduled for 2024. Check the National Landing website for other events.
#350 – Go see the Cherry Blossoms
Spring in this area is my favorite time of year and I love going to see the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin. But since this site is about Arlington, I wanted to try to suggest some places within our boundaries to see cherry trees. I am told over 1000 ornamental cherry trees line Arlington’s streets although they are not concentrated in one area. Here are some suggestions for where to see them without going across the river to the Tidal Basin or to Kenwood, Maryland,, although I recommend that as well.
Visit the WalkArlington site for a walking map of cherry blossoms in Arlington.
Richard Miller, an urban forester for Arlington, made these suggestions. “The 3100 block of N Inglewood Street is a small dead end street with 12 houses and is lined by Kwansan cherries. Kwansan cherries are the later blooming ornamental cherry with a candy cane pink color. The Cavalier Club condo on the corner of Wilson Boulevard and McKinley Road has a nice group of large flowering cherries along Wilson Boulevard.”
Photo above: Cherry Blossoms in bloom at Cavalier Club Apartments
“There are three small cherry trees in a small urban park at the corner of Lorcom Lane and Vacation Lane. I will post pictures later today. There are also some larger trees up the street on Quincy Street just North of Lorcom and a pretty weeping cherry in the circle on Edison Street near 28th.
There is a gorgeous old one in the 800 block of N. Harrison Street and some newer ones planted just up the street. I also saw a nice one on Sycamore between Washington Blvd. and Lee Highway. Enjoy them while you can!
Brookside Drive….Thanks Arlington County they are lovely!
The median of Langston Blvd. in Cherrydale (seems appropriate).”
For a list of other sites in our area The Washington Post recommends for cherry blossoms, visit this site.
#345 – Get outside to watch the Supermoon
A “Supermoon” is a full moon thatis also at the perigee, the closest point to earth, so it will appear larger. The next Supermoon will be September 17, 2024. Go to this website for a calendar.
#342 – Go see the Daffodils at LBJ Memorial Grove and Lady Byrd Johnson Park
The daffodils are in bloom! It was a beautiful day today so I took a a drive past Lady Byrd Johnson Park today and a stroll to Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove, which I had never visited before. You can see the daffodils at Lady Byrd Johnson Park as you drive down the GW Parkway, but there is nowhere to park. But follow the signs to Lyndon Banes Johnson Memorial Grove and you can park your car and take a short walk across a bridge where you will find more daffodils and a flagstone walkway to a stone sculpture. Formerly known as Columbia Island, the park was renamed in honor of Lady Bird Johnson and her campaign to beautify Washington D.C. . From the grove there is a beautiful view of the river and the monuments in DC. This was apparently one of the Johnsons’ favorite spots to stop and admire the view.
#339 – Help Remove Invasive Plants
Arlington has regularly scheduled opportunities to help remove invasive plants from area parks. See the schedule for dates and locations.
#316 – Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count
Each year people around the country count more than 600 species of birds and log the information onto a website to help ornithologists track changes in birds’ numbers and locations, possibly alerting them to worrisome declines in populations that result from more widespread problems. The Great Backyard Birdcount is a joint effort between the Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I did this in 2021 and it was a brutally cold spell. I only saw one bird – a sparrow – the entire time of the count. Hope next year will be a little milder. For 2022, the count will be held February 18-22nd. For more information and to learn how you can participate, click the link here.
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